Dormant Commerce Clause
1.  Often referred to as the “negative implications of the Commerce                 Clause”
2.  Definition – State/Local laws are unconstitutional if the place an undue                 burden on interstate commerce
3.  Two different tests
a.  If law does not discriminate against out of staters
i.  Balancing test – weigh the burdens on interstate                             commerce against the    benefits
b.  If the law does discriminate against out of staters
i.  Necessary to achieve an important gov’t purpose
a.  exceptions – Congressional approval, Market                             Participant rule (tuition, gov’t goods)